How to Remove CryptoLocker

What is CryptoLocker 

CryptoLocker now is a ransomware that prevailing in the North America. Any computer infected with this is virus will be locked and receive a large warning, saying in order to obtain the private key, you have to pay 100 dollar or 100 euro for this. CryptoLocker also warns you that if you attempt to remove it, it will destruct the private key. You should not believe such a scam as there are too many of such viruses or ransomware that has been gained much notoriety, like ICE Cyber Crimes Center Virus, Cheshire Police Authority Ukash and Homeland Security Virus.

If you have infected with it, it would be quite upsetting as it locks your computer and keep asking you to pay for it. Some customers with a large fortune might think paying for it will be fine. Really? Actually no, because it rooted in your computer and the only way to get rid of it is to root it out, rather than paying for it. CryptoLocker can lock your computer, but the most important is that is can encrypt all your files--.word, excel, PowerPoint, music or other documents. To make it real and make you feel urgent, it makes a final countdown to press you to pay for it. A typical ransomware.

Imminent danger

The first is all your files are locked. If you have all your files backed up, you still have last chance of recovering them. But if not, that would be a big loss to you. Second, this virus can change your system settings, like security level and startup item. That may explain why it just jumps into that red page that takes up whole screen once you restart your computer. Third, it will incur other threats into your computer, like xVidly, Trojan Horse Generic33.CDPK. You might still not figure out why your antivirus could not remove it since you have at least one antivirus in your computer. The reason is CryptoLocker can block antivirus process and could remove them sometimes. Since you cannot remove it via the antivirus, then manual removal could be necessary. In the following text, we will show you how to remove it manually and if you still could not remove it, please contact professional help here.

Manual Removal Instruction

Step 1: Enter the Safe Mode with Networking.
  Keep tapping F8 when you restarting your computer and choose Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: Remove it from the control panel
  Click Start>>Control Panel>>Uninstall a Program. Find CryptoLocker and then uninstall it.

Step 3: Go to registry to remove it completely.
Hit “Win+R”>>type “msconfig” in the box and hit ok.

 please find following regsitry entries and remove them:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe


Finally, please restart your computer to make your change effective.

NOTE:If you have any difficulty during the removal process, please feel free to contact us here and we will take care of the rest with our outstanding professional skill.